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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION
Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 508-510Publisher
AMER MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2987/09-5930.1
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Gravid trap; organic infusion; oviposition attractant; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex nigripalpus
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Field experiments were conducted on the Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation, San Antonio, TX, in fall 2008 to observe the attractiveness of selected botanical infusions to ovipositing female mosquitoes. The following infusions were tested in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gravid traps: Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), oak leaf (Quercia virginiana), acacia leaf (Acacia schaffneri), rabbit chow (alfalfa pellets), and algae (Spirogyra sp.). Four (Bermuda, acacia, oak, and algae) of the 5 infusions were effective in collecting Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. nigripalpus, and Cx. erraticus. Of the 4 infusions, Bermuda collected the greatest number of the mosquitoes sampled. Female Aedes albopictus mosquitoes were collected in moderate numbers during this study.
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